Slavia sign Jakub Jugas to 3-year deal

02.06.2017, Redakce

PRAGUE - The first summer reinforcement is here! Slavia sign 25-year-old defender Jakub Jugas from Fastav Zlín. He signed a 3-year contract with the sewn-ones.

With Michael Lüftner leaving Slavia for FC Copenhagen the red-and-whites needed to find another reinforcement for their defensive. During 2016/17 season 25-year-old Jakub Jugas was captain of Fastav Zlín - Czech MOL Cup winner and already before the end of the season many clubs became interested of his services.

"I decided for Slavia after i had spoken to members of board and manager Šilhavý. They presented me filosophy of the club and clear plans and visions. I had had very constructive talks with the manager, he was really honest with me," Jugas said after the contract was signed.

Jakub Jugas was member of silver team from UEFA U19 EURO 2011 in Romania. He has played 171 games in Czech Premier League and scored 7 goals.

Just 3 days after extra-time victory against Sevilla in Europa League Slavia played 25th round of FORTUNA:LIGA in Příbram. After early opener, the red-whites couldn´t overcome home defence for a long time. Hušbauer´s header after 65 minutes became decisive.

Slavia will face Chelsea FC in the UEFA Europa League quarter-final. This draw is especially interesting for Miroslav Stoch, who spent several years in Chelsea youth academy and in the first team of The Blues.